INVENTIONS

Washington: The selfie stick that facilitates your capturing a selfie from an angle of your choice by positioning your smartphone beyond the arms' reach has made it to the Time magazine's list of 25 best inventions of 2014.
"If 2013 was the year in which selfie became a buzzword, then 2014...

New York: Mangalyaan has been named among the best inventions of 2014 by Time magazine which described it as a technological feat that will allow India to flex its "interplanetary muscles."
"Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. The US didn't, Russia didn't, the Europeans didn't. But on September 24,...

New Delhi: 16yearold Arsh Shah Dilbagi's invention is the only entry from Asia in the 15 global finalists at the Google Science Fair 2014. The augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device that Dilbagi developed is called 'Talk' and can be used by people with developmental disabilities whose communication abilities are...

Washington: Know who is the inventor of email? The credit goes to an Indian American VA Shiva Ayyadurai who received official recognition as the inventor of the computer program for electronic mail system from the US government August 30, 1982.
Studying at Livingston High School in New Jersey, Ayyadurai began his...

Hyderabad: Hyderabad will require at least two more airports in the near future as the city's population is expected to touch three crore with the development of the Information Technology Investment Region, according to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
"Hyderabad's population in 2014 is 94 lakh. We are soon to...

There is not a single week that goes by without the news of a horrifying rape case in some part of the country. After the horror of December 2012 when a girl was gang raped in a moving bus in the heart of Delhi, the youth decided to protest against...

Unable to solve Rubik's Cube? Here we help you understand the toy puzzle and how to solve it. The Rubik's Cube comprises 26 cubes that rotate on a central axis and has nine coloured cube sides. The faces in the form of three rows and three columns make up each...

Few can master the Rubik's Cube at the speed Anthony Brooks can. It is said that an estimated one in seven people worldwide have got to grips with the challenging toy. Designed in 1974, the 40yearold toy completes 40 years. "Most of my adult life I spent with the cube...

A fiveyearold boy previously unable to walk has taken his first steps, thanks to a simple new walking harness (Upsee) which its designers believe will transform the lives of disabled children worldwide. The Upsee is an upright standing mobility product to help disabled children learn the motion of walking.
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Washington: The United States has become the greatest economic power in the world as discovery, science and engineering is in the DNA of its people, the US President Barack Obama said. "America has always been about discovery, invention, engineering, science and evidence. That's who we are. That's in our DNA....

Thiruvananthapuram: In a major breakthrough, a doctor in Kerala has developed a cheap, effective and eco-friendly medical syringe that can never be reused.
"The Peanut Safe Syringe becomes absolutely redundant after its first use. Neither the syringe nor the needle can ever be reused. Scavengers will never be able to collect,...

New Delhi: While researchers are busy finding newer sources of energy and ways of harvesting it, Ryan Johnstone, an independent inventor based in Nairobi, Kenya, has invented a solution that could help mobile phone users charge their devices with just the power of hot water. Ryan has developed the Bottle...

London: The capture of the most wanted subatomic particle in physics Higgs boson has topped the chart of the year's ten biggest scientific breakthroughs. Scientists had been chasing the Higgs boson, nicknamed the 'God particle' for more than four decades.
In July the team from the European nuclear research...

London: South Korean scientists have developed a battery that can be bent and twisted, giving the possibility that future phones could be flexible and hold more capacity, Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
The team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, led by Keon Jae Lee, has developed what they...

It's a collection of twenty three different real life stories from different parts of India. The back leaf says they were collected over six years and appeared at different times in a now defunct monthly magazine called Civil Society. Printed by a publisher called Nimby books.
The cover's intriguing a...

Chennai: Technology can be glamorous. But can it have a human touch? This is the story of a young IIT engineer who bent technology to give sick children the gift of speech. Ajit Narayanan, founder of Invention Labs, has invented a computer that helps patients suffering from cerebral palsy...

London: Underwear to protect passengers' modesty when they walk through airport fullbody scanners could soon become a reality.
Steve Bradshaw, 54, has invented underwear and vests for men and women that are covered with a special paint made from a mixture of metals and glass.
The Tshirt printer claims the...

London: Here's a great piece of news for those who love going in for those beer binges frequently. A chef in the US has come up with what he claims to be the world's first recipe for deepfried beer.
According to chef Mark Zable, the beer is placed inside a pocket...

Washington: With India and the United States recognising a strategic partnership as "indispensable and inevitable", Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen foresees the two nations working more closely in harnessing space and nuclear energy.
"India and the United States recognise that a strategic partnership between the two countries is both indispensable...

Indias green heroes are men and women of ideas and inventionsordinary people who found simple ways to help the planet. Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a potter in Rajkot, invented a refrigerator that doesnt need electricity. M B Lal, a senior citizen in Delhi, built an ecofriendly and lowcost AC. Poppat Bhat, teacher...

New York: A super economical car and a soldiersaving robot may be just what the world needs but the honour of being Time magazines Invention of the Year has gone to YouTube the creation that has turned home movies into real hits on the web.
Time's editors write that YouTube...

Chennai: Global computer major IBM on Thursday announced two major initiatives in Tamil Nadu the opening of its fourth facility in this city and the launch of its global "reinventing education" programme in collaboration with the Chennai Corporation.
The new facility in Chennai will enable IBM to scale its...